The Digital Marketplace blog is now closed
The Digital Marketplace blog is now closed
News and information will be published on the central GDS blog in future so we will no longer be updating this channel.
This week in user research
Understanding buyers The Digital Marketplace user research has moved into a regular weekly session now, as we prepare for our beta release, and we have been understanding more about buyers and their behaviour. We’ve written in the past that buying …
July update
I am delighted to be able to tell you that the June G-Cloud sales figures have gone through the £200m barrier with a total spend to date of £217,455,674.39.
The next milestone: Digital Marketplace private beta
Today we have reached another milestone on our way to a fully functional Digital Marketplace. Supplier focused private beta The private beta allows us to start focusing on support for suppliers. In order to run an effective alpha we imported …
Security update from G-Cloud
The transition to the new G-Cloud Security Approach, which asks for self-assertion, and the Digital Marketplace will be soon coming into effect. This means that suppliers on G-Cloud will no longer need to get Pan Government Accreditation (PGA). G-Cloud will …
Making the most of your time in the lab
Over the last few months, I’ve been regularly watching Digital Marketplace user research in the lab. It’s been a great way to get up to speed with the project, and understand where we are, and where we need to be.
One team with lots to do
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve held a number of workshops to define a way of working around a set of goals and priorities.
Security classifications in the cloud environment
As you may know, since April 2014, the classification system in Government changed from 'Unclassified', 'Protect', 'Restricted', 'Confidential', 'Secret' and 'Top Secret' to just 'Official' 'Secret' and 'Top Secret'. A new Cloud Security Principles guide was published to support this. The …
Keeping everyone updated
Katie Taylor Digital Marketplace All Staff from GOVUKDigiMkt Every month we present a short update to the whole office. This means we can keep everyone informed of what we’ve been up to and share our findings. Katie Taylor is the …
Where are our suppliers
We've been regularly sharing our sales figures and know that our suppliers have grown from just being around London to being all over the UK (and the rest of the world). Here's a map that shows where suppliers who have …
June Update
I was recently interviewed by Computer Weekly and one of the key messages was that we need to talk about a wider programme for transforming the way in which the public sector buys digital services